Measuring-receptacle.



P. TATAR.

MEASURING REGEPTAOLE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 5, 1913.

1,097,570, Patentd May 19, 1914. F1 I.

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MEASURING-REOEPTACLE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that T, FRANK TATAR, a subject of the King oi Hungary, and resident of the city oi New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Measuring-Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to liquid measuring receptacles especially adapted for use of grocers.

Grocers, in selling liquid substances, such as for instance milk, kerosene, etc, use receptacles of predetermined sizes which are dipped into the liquid substance and then tilted in order to pour the liquid from the measuring receptacle into the vessel of the purchase". In tilting the measuring receptacle inasmuch as the same is full to its brim part of the liquid substance is often spilled on the counter or iioo'a resulting thereby in a loss to the purchaser and in a soiling of the counter or floor.

()ne of the objects of the present invention is to obviate these defects and to provide a simple and inexpensive measuring receptacle which need not be tilted in order to discharge its contents.

lVith these and other objects in view, which will more fully appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the combination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter fully described, pointed out in the appended claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that many changes may be made in the size and proportion 01" the several parts and details of construction within the scope of the ap pended claim without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

One of the many possible embodiments of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a central vertical section taken through a measuring receptacle constructed in accordance with the present invention, partly in elevation; and Fig. 2 is a front elevation of said receptacle.

Tn the drawings, the numeral 10 indicates a receptacle, preferably cylindrical in shape, and adapted to hold a predetermined quantity of liquid substance. To this receptacle is attached a handle 11, extending a substan- Specification of Letters latent.

Application filed August 5, 1913.

Patented May 15), 1914.

Serial No. 783,134.

tial distance above the mouth of the receptacle and being provided at its upper end with a bend 19 at which it can be grasped with the hand. In the bottom 18 of the receptacle is termed a discharge opening 14, around the same being disposed a valve seat 15 for a valve 16, the latter being, preterably, conical. and attached to a spring 17, which is secured in any suitable manner at 18 to the wall of the receptacle. The tendency of this spring is to hold the valve on its seat.

F or unseating the valve, a mechai'lisln is provided, comprising a rod 19, which is dis posed substantially parallel to the handle 11, its upper bent end 20 being arranged in proximity to the bend if) of the handle 11. This rod is pivoted at 21 to a lever 22, the latter being fulcrumed at to lugs 24, which are carried by the handle 11. To the other end of the lever 22 is pivotally attached at 25 a rod 26, the lower end of which is fork-shaped, as shown at 27. This forlnshaped end is in engagement with the spring 17, its prongs preventing a disengagement of said rod from the spring. The rod 19 is shittably arranged in a guide 28, that is fastened to the handle 11, and in a similar manner is arranged the rod 26 in a guide 29, the latter being secured in any suitable manner to the wall of the vessel 10.

The valve 16 is guided in its movement by a downwardly projecting extension 30 of the valve seat, which tends to keep the lon gitudinal axis of said valve in alineinent with the center of the discharge opening 1% while the said valve is being unseated.

The operation of this jlevice is as follows: The parts are normally in the positions shown in the drawings, that is to say the spring 17 keeps the valve on its seat. In use, the vessel is dipped into the liquid substance kept in the container. When properly filled with liquid, the receptacle is with drawn and transferred in an upright position in alinement with the mouth of the purchasers vessel. The rod 19 is then pulled upward by engaging its bent end 20 and forcing it toward the bend 12 of the handle 11. By this operation, the rod 26 is shifted downward, whereby it causes a downward movement of the spring 17, and thereby an unseating of the valve 16. The liquid flows then through the discharge opening into the vessel. In order to bring said handle outside of said receptacle, one of said rods engaging said spring and the upper end of another one of said rods being arranged in close proximity to the upper end of said handle.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 6th day of May, A. D. 1918.

FRANK TATAR.

lVitnesses SIGMUND Hnnzoo, S. BIRNBAUM.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

